Exploring Adverbs of Manner
ESL Lesson PlansExploring Adverbs of Manner

Exploring Adverbs of Manner

This lesson plan is perfect for ESL students at the A2 level, focusing on examples and practical usage of adverbs of manner. Through matching exercises, reading comprehension, and descriptive speaking tasks, students will learn to form and use adverbs of manner in simple sentences to describe actions effectively.

Skills

  • Can tell a story or describe something in a simple list of points.
  • Can understand a short factual description or report within their own field, provided simple language is used and that it does not contain unpredictable detail.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Match these adjectives with their correct adverb forms. Are you familiar with all these words? Discuss their meanings with your teacher.

2

Read the text about Anna's birthday. How many adverbs of manners can you see?

3

Based on the text, mark the sentences as true/false.

4

Read these sentences and fill in the blanks with the suitable adverb of manner.

5

Look at these everyday actions. What adverbs of manners might be used with them?

6

Describe a day in your life using at least three adverbs of manner from this lesson. Use the questions below to guide you.

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